A Novel Legal Strategy for Mass Shooting Victims’ Families

As mass shootings plague the United States, victims’ families continue to search for accountability. To that end, a pair of lawsuits by the families of victims of the Uvalde school shooting will try a new tactic.

J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The Times, discusses the unusual targets of the lawsuits and profiles the lawyers behind them.

Guest: J. David Goodman, the Houston bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading:

• The Uvalde lawsuits are among the most far-reaching to be filed in response to the escalating number of mass shootings in the United States.

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